Re: Sarah Silverman Slanders Pope, Mel Gibson (All about celebrities)

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Re: Sarah Silverman Slanders Pope, Mel Gibson

Posted on: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 04:04:07 +0000 (UTC)

On Feb 5, 9:25=A0pm, livvy wrote:
> On Feb 5, 6:37=A0pm, "J" wrote:
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> > Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses remarks made by Sarah
> > Silverman last night on Joy Behar's show:
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> > On "The View" yesterday, they played a small portion of Sarah Silverman=
's
> > obscene rant against Pope Benedict XVI that she made last October on Bi=
ll
> > Maher's show; it omitted the most vile comments she made. Last night, s=
he
> > was questioned about this incident by Joy Behar and instead of apologiz=
ing,
> > she doubled down: she said that if the pope sells the Vatican, "any
> > involvement in the Holocaust" will be discounted.
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> > When asked whether we should accept Mel Gibson's apology for his drunke=
n
> > anti-Semitic comments made four years ago, she made a snide remark
> > dismissing the apology altogether. Then she added, "I don't think he ha=
s a
> > problem with the Jews, he just wants to clear up the fact that the Holo=
caust
> > never happened."
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> > Here are the facts: the pope's "involvement" in the Holocaust was to be
> > conscripted into the Hitler Youth program, along with every other young
> > German boy at that time; he escaped when he got the chance. To libel hi=
m the
> > way Silverman did is downright despicable.
>
> > Gibson never denied the Holocaust. His father, Hutton, has made some lo=
opy
> > comments doubting the extent of the Holocaust, but Mel Gibson never sai=
d
> > anything like that. Ergo, he was also libeled.
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> > Sarah Silverman uses obscene language about the pope, libels him, repea=
ts
> > the offense, extends no apology, is hailed as a hero and suffers no pen=
alty.
> > Furthermore, she declines to accept Gibson's apology, libels him, refus=
es to
> > apologize, is hailed as a hero and suffers no penalty.
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> > Some say that Silverman was just joking. We're not buying it. So was Im=
us.
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> > Copyright =A9 1997-2010 by Catholic League for Religious and Civil Righ=
ts.
> > *Material from this website may be reprinted and disseminated with
> > accompanying attribution.
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> > --
> > J Young
> > Jvisi...@live.com
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> Here are the facts: the pope's "involvement" in the Holocaust was to
> be
> conscripted into the Hitler Youth program, along with every other
> young
> German boy at that time; he escaped when he got the chance. To libel
> him the
> way Silverman did is downright despicable.
>
> The "Pope" involvement in the Holocaust goes back to when the
> Holocaust actually occurred. =A0"The Pope" is a symbol, whatever "The
> Pope" did, it doesn't mean the current "Pope". =A0 =A0I'm not a Silverman
> fan, don't know a thing about her work, but it is a universal thing,
> there's information out there.
>
> Gibson never denied the Holocaust. His father, Hutton, has made some
> loopy
> comments doubting the extent of the Holocaust, but Mel Gibson never
> said
> anything like that. Ergo, he was also libeled.
>
> Sarah Silverman uses obscene language about the pope, libels him,
> repeats
> the offense, extends no apology, is hailed as a hero and suffers no
> penalty.
> Furthermore, she declines to accept Gibson's apology, libels him,
> refuses to
> apologize, is hailed as a hero and suffers no penalty.
>
> Some say that Silverman was just joking. We're not buying it. So was
> Imus
>
> Mel Gibson has turned from a matinee idol to a mid-life crisis guy,
> although a bit late. =A0He's 54 years old, the father of how many, you'd
> think he'd be acting like an adult by now. =A0 Look at recent
> interviews....he's "moved on". =A0 He still has a juvenile brain,
> everyone else is the problem. =A0 Silverman is probably more
> knowledgable on the subject. =A0 =A0They are both celebrities, should be
> regarded as such.
> Don't be a sponge.....know what you know, move all this to celebrity
> news, and live on. =A0 No big deal.

He "escaped" from the Hitlerjunge into the Nazi Wehrmacht. Where he
guarded a train station in Hungary, making sure the Jews made it
safely to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen, etc

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